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Lap Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy

Safe, gradual weight loss procedure in Decatur, GA

During this procedure, a thin vertical sleeve of stomach is created using a stapling device, and the rest of the stomach is removed. The sleeve is about the size of a banana. This procedure limits the amount of food you can eat and helps you feel full sooner. It allows for normal digestion and absorption. Food consumed passes through the digestive tract in the usual order, allowing it to be fully absorbed in the body.

The majority of weight loss sleeve gastrectomies performed today use a laparoscopic technique, which is considered minimally invasive. Laparoscopic surgery usually results in a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, smaller scars, and less pain than open surgical procedures.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy can be the first step before gastric bypass or it can be a single procedure for weight loss. If a sleeve gastrectomy is used as part of a two-step procedure, the first step is for the surgeon to create the small stomach “sleeve.” After a period of time determined by the surgeon, another procedure would be done in which the surgeon attaches a section of the small intestine directly to the stomach pouch. This allows food to bypass a portion of the small intestine which results in absorbing fewer calories.

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    • Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
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  • Meet our Physicians
  • About Us
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    • Center of Excellence
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Center of Excellence

Our surgeons and facility have earned the distinction as an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence for bariatric surgery. This designation offers patients the assurance and comfort that our facility provides a multidisciplinary program with outcomes verified by an independent review board.

Surgical Associates

1045 Sycamore Drive, 2nd Floor
Decatur, GA 30030

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